#E65E59#E65E59

#E65E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.170 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65E59
RGB	rgb(230, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 52.47, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 60.49, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1544 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.17 25)
XYZ	xyz(38.4426, 25.5547, 12.3574)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65E59 #59E1E6

analogous

#E6599A #E65E59 #E6A559

triadic

#E65E59 #59E65E #5E59E6

tetradic

#E65E59 #9AE659 #59E1E6 #A559E6

square

#E65E59 #9AE659 #59E1E6 #A559E6

split-complementary

#E65E59 #59E6A5 #599AE6

monochromatic

#AB1F1A #DE2A24 #E65E59 #EE928E #F6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E65E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E65E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65E59

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65E59	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.170 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49188',
    500: '#e65e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65e59;
$custom-light: #f49188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6547,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65E59

secondary

#B4E5E7

accent

#CFD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65E59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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